Top 3 Worst:
1. The failure to get a 20th race on the calender, and moving dates of existing races around in an attempt to make it happen.
2. Bianchi not being chosen for Force India.
3. The fact that F1 is going Pay TV, and getting more and more expensive to watch.

Top 3 Favourite:
1. Barcelona testing: I enjoyed testing this year, and even got to see a bit of live action via Sky (not legally, sorry), and the fact that Mercedes seem to have a promising package.
2. Bianchi getting at least a Marussia drive.
3. Giedo van der Garde getting the second Caterham drive. I realise that this point may appear on many people’s Worst list, but I’m happy to finally have a compatriot on the grid again, and I hope he will prove a few doubters wrong.

Favourite:
1. Sutil returns to Force India
2. Grosjean keeps his place at Lotus
3. The German Grand Prix will be held at Nurburgring
Worst:
1. Glock loses place
2. Kobayashi loses place
3. HRT’s ending

Thanks very much guys for your answers and the appreciation. This hasn’t been my favourite off-season and I’m glad it’s (almost) over now. However, it had a few good moments, too:

1. The return of Sutil
2. Several of the new cars are surprisingly cute, I particularly like the looks of Ferrari, Red Bull and Caterham.
3. Some of the teams’ and drivers’ activities in the social networks were really amusing, such as Sauber’s ‘Harlem Shake’ and Williams’ drivers ‘getting to know each other’ game.

That said, I felt that the number of negative news was bigger. The collapse of HRT, the uncertainty over the future of the German GP, Glock and Kovalainen leaving and the general atmosphere somehow left an unpleasant aftertaste. And, just like a lot of other fans, I always love to see new drivers in the sport, even the likes of Chilton and Van der Garde. It’s just sad that the business model of F1 means that they don’t join new teams but push some great and strong drivers out of the shrinking field.